We don't test out the songs live, and we don't play them for weeks on end in the studio. We have, like, one day to get two songs down. So what happens is, everybody's attention and energy gets ratcheted up.… — Joe Satriani Copy Share Image
I was a guitar player in a band that had two keyboard players, sometimes two other guitarists, a bass player, and a drummer, four… — Joe Satriani Copy Share
Boy, if anyone wants to get visited from an alien, it's me. I'm dying, and I've been sending out that invitation to the universe… — Joe Satriani Copy Share
As the years go by, I realize how unique a style rock music is and how delicate you have to be with it sometimes;… — Joe Satriani Copy Share
Rock music is a funny thing: You can actually take it too far sometimes, and then it's not rock music anymore - it's something… — Joe Satriani Copy Share
When we play an outdoor venue, you'll see whole families - boys, girls, men and women - from kids to grandparents who somehow heard… — Joe Satriani Copy Share
'Flying In A Blue Dream' was quite automatic. I was working on another song, and I took a break and picked up my acoustic… — Joe Satriani Copy Share
I worked at a vintage guitar store, and the owner had ties with a lot of Japanese manufacturers and U.S. manufacturers that were beginning… — Joe Satriani Copy Share
I did tons of gigs where I didn't move around very much because I couldn't. There's a pole over here and wires and a… — Joe Satriani Copy Share
Solos I kind of [couldn't] care less about. I know most people probably think that's what I care *most* about, but it's really the… — Joe Satriani Copy Share
I started many years ago using the Boss DS-1 and then graduated to the Satchurator and putting that right into that clean channel, and… — Joe Satriani Copy Share
I started out playing guitar because Jimi Hendrix was my hero, so my roots were really based on Jimi Hendrix and his style of… — Joe Satriani Copy Share
... I always use the Jeff Beck model. Jeff Beck is just a genius, and he keeps getting better ... If there's anybody in… — Joe Satriani Copy Share
There's a fine line between giving the sense of freedom and being too free. — Joe Satriani Copy Share